Outpost 505

I love living in Alexandria.  Things I love:

Taking the train to work and being above ground for part of the ride.
Walking to Buzz for coffee and a treat, a quiet night of reading, or a board game with friends.
The green!  It’s green everywhere in our neighborhood!
Having a neighborhood instead of living in high-rise land.
Living a [...]

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Another lovely visit from friends:

Another trip out to Mount Vernon on a perfect day:

though this time things were still in bloom:

Sarah and Greg came up for the weekend – we hadn’t seen them since the beginning of May – and we spent two days trekking about the city and our neighborhood. We revisited the [...]

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So, guys, I need some advice.
We have our Chemex, and we loooove our Chemex, but first thing in the morning when I’m half awake and it’s a little chilly – I really just want coffee to wake me up.  But having had our Chemex for a while, I want it to be good coffee – [...]

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Our favorite coffee and sweets shop is in the running for best cupcake in the Washington Post’s Cupcake Wars.  This week they beat out Pastries by Randolph, which I’d never heard of until today.  Go Buzz!

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Hey there.  Long time no post.  How’ve you been?  Busy?  Yeah, us too.  We unpacked the last of the boxes today, so we’re looking forward to a whole lot of the following:

Two weeks ago, we made the move from highrise hell to a cute condo north of Old Town Alexandria.  We’re right off the George [...]

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